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According to a recent study based on the examination of 100 top global pay-TV providers, The Pay TV market has shown a total quarterly increase of 3.45 million subs, up by 0.80% during third quarter of 2016. The survey showed that this increased is compared to the 3.74 million and an increase of 0.95% in the last …

Sony launches an independent video on demand service Crackle in Brazil in partnership with Brazil’s telco Oi. The new launch follows HBO Go, which was launched just two ago in Brazil. Crackle provides users with access to the library of Canal Sony and AXN programming. With this launch, Sony further plans to expand Crackle in Latin America as …

According to a Research from the Univeridad Católica de Chile (UC), more than half of Chileans said they sleep less due to binge-watching on VOD platforms. binge-watching on video streaming platforms is affecting people’s lives as a third of those surveyed said they’ve even stopped going out with friends. The survey concluded that over 80% of Chileans said …

Argentina’s Red Intercable, formed by 270 local cable providers, is planning to launch an over-the-top (OTT) video streaming platform for its pay-TV service dibox. The two services from Red Intercable – dibox Play and dibox One, both offering video on demand services will be integrated in the new service. “The platform’s upgrade will bring better coverage …

The Latin American on-demand and live streaming platform – HBO Go, is now launched in Brazil. This launch is the first step by HBO Go to offer subscription VOD service in Brazil, just like Mexico and Colombia. Currently, the platform is offered as TV everywhere service, with no extra charge in Pay TV operations. However, in Mexico and …

According to a recent report from August 2016, over 80% of internet users in Brazil use YouTube to watch their favorite video on demand content online. Whereas, Netflix was used by 71% respondents in the same duration. Also, one in two of these surveyed said that they watched movies by Globo on TV, a Brazilian media conglomerate, …

Movistar is all set to stream every single game of the Peruvian national football team heading towards the Russian 2018 World Cup on its new football streaming platform. The company has also announced providing live access of games without any mobile data for the first 250,000 subscribers of the Futbol Movistar app. The Futbol Movistar app is …

Movistar the leading Telco, launches a new video streaming Peruvian music platform that is available to all screens via Television, a Website and Mobile apps (iOS & Android). The platform is specifically made to promote the music made in Peru in all genres. This platform will also be a great showcase of Peruvian musicians from …

It comes as a surprise that Brazil is up to match up to US when it comes to the number of people that use VOD services. According to a recent research from Conecta and Worldwide Independent Network of Market Research, it was discovered that 49% of internet users use one or more VOD service. The reach is …

RTVC, a state telecommunications company in Colombia has launched a free OTT web and mobile app, offering a variety of series, programs and documentaries. The service currently offers content from public Colombian channels and Radio Nacional Colombia. Topics to be covered by RTVC Play are cooking, food, art, science, humour, gender and identity. The service …